Neuroscience
29 Aug 2017
Dancing can reverse the signs of aging in the brain
New research, published in Frontiers in Human Neuroscience compares two fitness routines to explore anti-aging effects on the brain in the elderly.
160 news posts in Neuroscience
Neuroscience
27 Jul 2017
Study reveals most impactful neuroscience research
A study has identified the 100 most-cited neuroscience papers, and their research topics and journals.
Neuroscience
24 Jul 2017
Bacteria found in Alzheimer’s brains
Brains from patients with Alzheimer’s disease show changes in bacterial populations compared with healthy brains.
Neuroscience
24 Jul 2017
Elderly yoginis have greater cortical thickness
Elderly female yoga practitioners have greater cortical thickness in the left prefrontal cortex, suggesting that yoga may protect against cognitive decline.
Neuroscience
18 Jul 2017
Self-driving cars may soon be able to make moral and ethical decisions as humans do
Can a self-driving vehicle be moral, act like humans do, or act like humans expect humans to? New study has found that human morality can be modeled.
Neuroscience
18 Jul 2017
Creating music by thought alone
Neurologists have created a hands-free, thought-controlled musical instrument, which they’ve recently described in a report in Frontiers in Human Neuroscience.
Neuroscience
13 Jul 2017
Menstruation doesn’t change how your brain works — period
Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience study suggests that hormonal changes during the menstrual cycle have no impact on aspects of cognition
Neuroscience
06 Jul 2017
Treating autism by targeting the gut
Therapies to change the bacteria in the gut, through diet, pro-and prebiotic supplements, faecal matter transplants or antibiotics, could treat autism.
Neuroscience
05 Jul 2017
Video games can change your brain
Frontiers in Human Neuroscience review article outlines structural brain changes caused by video games
Neuroscience
14 Jun 2017
Creating human super intelligence: winner of Spotlight Award 2017
Superintelligence: fact or fiction. First Frontiers Spotlight Award Winner for outstanding research into human brain augmentation
Neuroscience
12 Jun 2017
Blue Brain Team Discovers a Multi-Dimensional Universe in Brain Networks
Using mathematics in a novel way in neuroscience, the Blue Brain Project shows that the brain operates on many dimensions, not just the three dimensions that we are accustomed to
Neuroscience
23 May 2017
Time is not ‘one size fits all’
New research, published in Frontiers in Human Neuroscience makes the case against fixed starting times, i.e. a fixed one-size-fits-all daily routine.
Neuroscience
23 May 2017
In trying to teach kids about the brain, researchers ended up learning about themselves
The research, published in Frontiers for Young Minds, focuses on early-life nutrition and how that influences brain development, using pigs as a human proxy.
Neuroscience
19 May 2017
Study sheds light on link between diseases like Alzheimer’s and normal aging in the brain
New study opens up new area of preventative research for diseases like Alzheimer’s: Targeting age-dependent protein aggregates as possible therapeutic targets.
Neuroscience
19 May 2017
Shaping your brain with exercise, video games and more
This Research Topic, published in Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, investigates cognitive training techniques in health and disease, and in youth and old age.